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To promote Music, Madonna embarked on a small promotional tour, consisting of televised performances at events such as the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards and the 43rd Grammy Awards, and with two free live shows at Roseland Ballroom and Brixton Academy restricted to contest winners. However, it became a business success worldwide, topping the charts in several nations all through Europe. In 1998, Madonna released her seventh studio album Ray of Light to critical and industrial success, successful 4 Grammy Awards on the 41st edition of the ceremony, including Best Pop Album. The album earned a complete of five Grammy Award nominations, winning one for Best Recording Package on the 43rd ceremony. It obtained multiple certifications in several regions, and became the nineteenth best-selling album of 2001 with a complete of over 11 million copies offered worldwide. The report was additionally a commercial success, debuting at number one in 23 international locations with four million copies offered in its first ten days of launch. It was additionally supported by the Drowned World Tour in the following yr, her first live performance tour eight years; the tour visited North America and Europe, grossing over US$seventy five million and making it the highest-grossing tour by a solo act of the 12 months and fourth general.